*WILL YOU ALLOW MEN WHO BELIEVED IN FALSE GODS TO
DICTATE HOW YOUR BIBLE IS TRANSLATED?

*WILL YOU ALLOW GRAMATICAL RULES TO CONTROL YOUR
FAITH?

7 Who Wrote the Greek Bible
Grammatical Rules?-Consider the
Source

For The Bible That You Read ? “and the Word was God,”
(1) Greeks.
(2) Experts in Greek Mythology and false religion.
(3) Trinitarians! Compare also the
definition of Oneness in -Is
Oneness In the Bible-8.htm

That’s right! The rules of Greek grammar
were written by Greek speaking people who did not believe in the true God of the
Bible. They did not know about the Son of God, Jesus Christ.

Or if they already knew about Jesus Christ
they wrote the grammatical rules after the fact and made them fit their belief
in a false (man-made) Trinity.

It is not surprising that they contrived a
mysterious god-head they called the Trinity, after all they believed in
fictitious religious beings such as Zeus, Apollos and Hercules. Zeus was
considered the father of many gods. The Greeks, like the Romans, and many other
heathen societies believed in many “multiples of gods.”

Will you allow men who believed in false gods to dictate how you translate the
inspired Word of God at John 1:1?
Will you allow grammatical rules to control your faith?

OR WILL YOU ACCEPT THE PROOF
FROM THE CONTEXT OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES?

CONTEXT… PROVES TWO SEPARATE SPIRIT BEINGS: The context of John 1:1
emphatically indicates that it is talking about Jesus Christ, the Son of God,
and God as two separate spirit beings. Bible authorities agree that “the Word”
is Jesus Christ. The same verse, John 1:1, indicates that God and Jesus Christ
are two separate beings when it says that “the Word was with God.” The Greek
“pros” means ‘with,’ ‘by the side of’ and ‘near to” indicating two separate
beings. Listen to what Bible scholars say about the Greek word pros:

“This word ‘with’ points out that there is a distinction of persons here.” (Geneva
Bible Translation Notes)

“This expression denotes friendship or intimacy. John affirms that he (Jesus)
was “with God” in the beginning - that is, before the world was made.” (Albert
Barnes Notes on the Bible)

“Though existing eternally with God the Logos was in perfect fellowship with
God.” (Robertson’s Word Pictures)

“was with God”--having a conscious personal existence distinct from God (as one
is from the person he is "with"), but inseparable from Him and
associated with Him.” (Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Commentary)

CONTEXT….JESUS CHRIST IDENTIFIED AS THE “SON
OF GOD”: The entire context of the ‘New Testament’ refers to Jesus Christ as
the Son of God and not as God. Jesus Christ is refered to as the "Son of
God" or "God's Son" nearly 70 times in the Bible!

Even Satan knew him as the “Son of God.” (Matthew 4:6)

The demons and unclean spirits recognized him as the “Son of God.” (Mark 3:11)

The centurion who guarded him at his death admitted that Jesus was the Son of
God. (Mark 15:39)

The Gospel writer Mark identified Jesus as the “Son of God.” (Mark 1:1) All of
the Gospel writers knew that Jesus Christ was the “Son of God.”

Nathanael called Jesus the “Son of God.” (John 1:49)

Jesus spoke of himself as the “Son of God.” (John 11:4)

Martha knew that Jesus was the “Son of God.” (John 11:27)

John the Baptist proclaimed Jesus as the “Son of God.” (John 1:34)

CONTEXT…APOSTLE PAUL KNEW THE SON
OF GOD: The resurrected Jesus Christ appeared to the apostle Paul in vision and
called him to preach the good news of God’s Kingdom. (Acts 9:3-20) The apostle
Paul told the Corinthians that Jesus Christ was the “Son of God.” (2
Corinthians 1:19) By the power and direction of the Holy Spirit Paul declaired
Jesus Christ to be the “Son of God.” (Romans 1:1, 4) He told the Galatians, “I
live by the faith of the Son of God.” (Galatians 3:20) And to the Ephesians he
urged “unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God.” (Ephesians
4:13) Paul told the Colossians, “we…thank God the Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ for you.” (Colossians 1:3) (NSB) The apostle Paul told the Hebrews, “we
have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of
God.” (Hebrews 4:14) (KJV)

CONTEXT…APOSTLE JOHN KNEW JESUS CHRIST, THE SON
OF GOD: Did the apostle John not understand the simple statement of belief that
Jesus Christ was the Son of God and NOT God? Did he not understand who Jesus
Christ the Word was when he wrote the first verse of the Gospel of John, “the
Word was God?” What about his letter at 1 John 4:15, “Whosoever shall confess
that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.” (KJV) He
knew the difference between the Almighty God and His Son, Jesus Christ. He
clearly understood at the time he penned the first verse of the God-inspired
book of Revelation.

APOSTLE JOHN KNEW THAT JESUS HAD A GOD: John was inspired to write Jesus' words
at John 20:17
when he told Mary: "Go to my brothers, and say to them, I ascend to my
Father and you’re Father, and my God and your God.” Did you get that? Jesus called
God...his God! John was also inspired to write Jesus' words at Revelation 3:12,
"'I will make the one who overcomes, a pillar in the temple of my God, and
he will not go out from it anymore. I will write on him the name of my God, and
the name of the city of my God, which is the New Jerusalem. This city comes
down out of heaven from my God. I will write my new name on him." Jesus
calls his heavenly Father, his God! No, Jesus Christ is not God...he is the Son
of God.

“ THE REVELATION GOD GAVE TO JESUS CHRIST, so that he could tell his servants
the things that must soon take place. Christ then sent his angel to communicate
the symbolic message to his servant John.” (Revelation 1:1) (NSB) It was
obvious to John at the time he wrote these words that Jesus and the
congregation of believers were united in harmony with the Father. (John 14:10,
20) It was also obvious that God was in charge and that Jesus Christ was
subservient to his Father. (John 14:28) (1 Corinthians 11:3) The entire context
of the Holy Scriptures shows that John recognized Jesus Christ as the Son of
God and not as God.

THE EMBLEMATIC LANGUAGE OF JOHN 1:1: When the apostle John wrote the first
verse of his Gospel he was inspired to express a visible symbol for something
very abstract…very abstract! He established three basic Biblical facts in that
one verse: (1) The Word was alive in the beginning. (2) The Word was with God.
(3) The Word was God. John attempted to explain these basic beliefs in the
inspired Gospel of John, the three Letters of John, and the book of Revelation.
The serious Bible student needs to study and meditate on all of the Bible books
written by John in order to understand the Emblematic Language of John 1:1. The
entire context of Johns writings show that Jesus Christ is the Son of God…NOT
GOD!

What was John talking about when he wrote: “theos en ho logos” God was the
Word? According to the context of the New Testament, he was talking about Jesus
Christ (the Word) as a member of the God Family. Jesus was a divine spirit
actively serving in heaven with his heavenly Father before he came to earth. He
is a divine spirit now serving in heaven along side his heavenly Father.

“GOD-LIKE” EXPRESSES ACCURATE MEANING: The New Simplified Bible uses one of the
other accurate meanings of the Greek word “theos,” Godly, God-like, or like
God. This reference to Jesus Christ, the Word, as being God-like is fitting
since he is a member of the God family and is therefore very much like his
heavenly Father. It is in a relative sense that Jesus Christ could even be
considered God. After all he is not his own Father and his Father truly is God.

THE DEITY OF JESUS CHRIST:
The debate continues… Is Jesus Christ deity? Or is he not deity? The following
Biblical evidence proves that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, spiritually
powerful like his Father, and very much qualified to be a deity! But GOD, not
Jesus Christ, is the true Deity!

(8) Jesus and his Father are united in thought (purpose) and deed. (John 14:10;
17:21)

(9) Jesus Christ is second in command in the entire universe. (1 Corinthians
15:27)

(10) Jesus has a God. (John 20:17) (Revelation 3:12)

DEFINITION OF DEITY: The Word-Web Dictionary from PrincetonUniversity
gives the following definition of deity: “Any supernatural being worshipped as
controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the
personification of a force.”

Is Jesus Christ God? NO! But using this definition Jesus could be considered a
deity. That is why some call him “a god.” And he is truly “God-like” in his nature.
(Philippians 2:5, 6) The Holy Scriptures clearly identify the position of Jesus
Christ in heaven. He is second in command. GOD is first! (Hebrews 10:12, 13)
(Colossians 3:1) (1 John 2:1)

JESUS CHRIST IS THE BEGOTTEN SON
OF GOD: The Almighty God, Jehovah, begot Jesus. What God begets is God; just as
what man begets is man. Everyone knows what the words begetting or begotten
mean in modern English. The Websters Dictionary defines beget as the act of
making children. To beget is to become the father of a child. When you beget,
you beget something of the same kind as yourself. A man begets human babies, a
bear begets little bears, and a bird begets eggs which turn into little birds.
Therefore when God begets he becomes the Father of a God-Son…or as the Bible
states “the Son of God!” God is a spirit and therefore this is a spiritual
proceess.

• (NSB) JOHN 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and
the Word was like God (God-like). (Greek: Theos: a deity, a god, magistrate,
supreme God, God-like).
The transliterated Greek of this verse looks like this:
En arche en ho logos kai ho logos
In beginning was the Word and the word
en pros ton theon kai theos en ho logos
was with the God and God-like was the Word

The Word or Expression
of a Thought?

The Greek word logos is often rightly translated as word.
However, logos implies a greater meaning than that; it means the
expression of a thought. So, Jesus is truly the complete expression of
God’s thoughts.

People have often wondered why John used such unusual
wording to start this, his literary masterpiece. It is obvious he was
explaining Genesis 1:1-3. Notice how that scripture reads, ‘In an ancient
time (gr. en arche) God created the heavens and the earth. But the
earth was unsightly and unfinished, darkness covered its depths, and God’s
Breath moved over its waters. Then God spoke (gr. eipen), saying,
May there be light, and light came to be.’

So, you can see that God spoke, and the things came
into existence by means of some unnamed person or force.

Now, follow John’s opening words (at John 1:1) and notice how
they dovetail with and explain Genesis 1:1: ‘In an ancient time (gr. en
arche)there was the Word . . . He was with God long ago. Everything
came into existence through him. Life came into existence through him and
the life was the light of men.’

As you can see, the account in Genesis says that God spoke
things into existence, and John is explaining what God said (what the ‘Word’ or
the ‘Expression of the thought’ was). In other words, God ‘spoke’ and the
‘Word’ (Jesus in his prehuman existence) did the work.

So, if John 1:1 appears to support the idea of a trinity to
some, this is unintentional. John is simply trying to impress on his readers
that, although Jesus isn’t mentioned in Genesis 1:1, he was there with God and
was himself a powerful god who actually did the work (with God’s power) when
God ‘spoke’ the heavens and earth into existence.

Are we to conclude from John’s writing here that Jesus’
heavenly name is ton Logos (the Word or Expression of a thought)? No!
Recognize that John was just employing an inspired play on words to draw
attention to the phrasing of Genesis 1:1. Jesus’ prehuman name was likely
Michael, which means: Who is Like God (not a question but a statement). And
John called him ‘the Word’ to point out Jesus’ most ancient high position as a
co-worker with God, who created whatever things God spoke.

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Is Jesus God?

The simple answer is yes… if you understand what the word
god means. This idea may be a bit difficult to grasp for people who were raised
in a monotheistic society where God refers to just One. However, remember that
the Greeks (whose language we are translating) were a polytheistic society
(they worshiped many gods), and to them the word theos referred to a
large group of individuals who were simply more powerful than men. So, theos
just meant powerful one, not Creator (which is what the Hebrew name Jehovah
implies – He who causes to be).

To prove that translating the word Theos as powerful
is correct, notice how the Bible calls men gods at Psalm 82:6 (which Jesus also
quotes at John 10:34-36), where it says, ‘I said You are gods;
of the Most High you’re sons!’

Also, notice that at Exodus 7:1, God told Moses, ‘Look! I’ve
made you a god to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron is your prophet.’

So, the terms god and gods just refer to the powerful. And
even men can be gods… that is, in the truest sense of the word’s meaning
(powerful ones). Thus, a word-for-word literal translation of John 1:1 can
read, ‘In ancient time was the Word; and the Word was toward the Powerful
One; and powerful was the Word.’

Then, why did we use the term God, rather than Powerful One,
at John 1:1? We’ve left the first term (God) in place, because that’s what
people call the Divine One today.

So, is the Logos the God or just god (powerful)?
From the context of John 1:1, it appears as though Jesus (the Logos) is
theos – powerful – but not The God (gr. ton Theon). For notice that
Jesus described himself as simply God’s son (gr. Uios tou Theou
eimi) at John 10:36.

Also notice that (at John 1:1) Logos
(λογος) and Theon (θεον)
are both preceded by the definite article the (ο
λογος and τον
θεον), except in the case where the Logos is
referred to simply as theos (θεος). By
employing such wording, John was obviously differentiating Jesus from The God.
You can clearly see the differences in the words when you read John 1:1, 2 in
Greek: ‘Eν αρχη ην ο
λογος, και ο λογος
ην προς τον
θεον, και θεος
ην ο λογος. Oυτος
ην εν αρχη προς τον
θεον.’

That the early Christians didn’t view Jesus as the God is
supported by the fact that Christians still worshiped at the Temple of Jehovah
in Jerusalem until shortly before it was destroyed in 70-C.E. (see Acts the Twentieth chapter).
This is because Christian Jews didn’t consider Christianity to be a new
religion with a new god, but rather, that it was the natural outgrowth of the
old, and Jesus was the promised ‘Messiah’ or ‘Anointed One of God’ who was to
assume ‘the throne of David his father.’

Only Created God

Jesus was referred to (herein) as the only-created son
at John 1:14 and as the only-created
god at John 1:18. However, that
isn’t exactly what the scriptures say. The Greek word that is translated only
created is monogenea (mono means only; genea means
generated). So, the verses literally call him the only generated son or
god. However, translating it as only generated could be a bit confusing
to readers.

In other Bibles, this word is rendered as only begotten,
but begotten isn’t exactly a word that you would read in the newspaper
today (where ‘common’ American English may be read), so not everyone will
understand what that means either. Remember that the goal of these translators
to choose words that are common, easy to understand, and which carry the proper
nuance in contemporary American English.

We also might have used the terms only fathered, or, only
conceived, or, only born. However, none of those words accurately
describes the situation of Jesus. For, while he was the only son ever born
through a woman to God, He was also the only creature (son, god, or powerful
one) that was directly created by God. For, John went on to elaborate on what
he actually meant at Revelation 3:14, where he referred to Jesus as‘the
earliest creation of God’ (gr. he arche tes ktiseos tou Theou –
or – the most/ancient creation of/the God). And John wrote of Jesus at
John 1:3, ‘Everything [else] came into existence through him’ (gr. panta di
autou egeneto – or – all by him generated).

So, although the term only created may not be exactly
what was said in a word-for-word translation, it appears to be what John meant
in this case.